Response to the comment by N. Severijns, O. Zimmer, H.-F. Wirth and D. Rich regarding article "Observation of the neutron radiative decay" in JETP Letters 83(1) p.5

TL;DR

This paper responds to a critical commentary on their neutron radiative decay observation, reaffirming their experimental results and addressing the tone of the critique without engaging in scientific debate.

Contribution

The authors defend their previous experimental measurement of radiative neutron decay and clarify their stance amidst unscientific commentary.

Findings

Measured relative intensity of radiative neutron decay: (3.2±1.6)×10⁻³

Radiative gamma-quanta energy threshold set at 35 keV

Confirmed previous experimental results with high confidence level

Abstract

We wouldn't like to bring up discrimination, but the tone of the commentary, which does not contain any science-based criticism or any alternative suggestions, does make one think of an unduly disrespectful attitude both towards the Russian participants and the project on radiative neutron decay itself. Here we cite our response to the commentary of our Western collaborants to the article printed in JETP Letters 83(1) p.5. We remain firm in the positions published in this article. In our last experiment we measured the relative intensity of radiative neutron decay (B.R.=(3.2+-1.6) 10-3 with C.L.=99.7% and lower energy limit of radiative gamma-quanta measured equal to 35 KeV) .